Adventure with Eggplant

Eggplant. An egg that grows on a plant. A plant that lays eggs.

No?

Well, does it at least look like an egg?

It's bright purple.

Bright purple...so maybe an Easter egg?

Except it's long and skinny, at least over here. And even in the States it's more squash-shaped.

Oh well, who cares why it's called eggplant? Actually, it's quite pretty. In a world where things don't rot, I would add some to my Christmas tree hulu garland. It's delicious too. Eggplant is one of our favorite things to eat over here, and I eat it almost everyday. One of my absolute favorite dishes is one that has ground pork or beef and eggplant over rice. Mmm-mmm-mmm.

So the other day, I bought two for about 30 cents and decided to cook it for the first time! I actually made an Indian dish - eggplant curry. Not entirely authentic because I don't have garam masala, but it turned out pretty delish, and I had the satisfaction of knowing everything in there was good for me! I even made my own fresh ginger-garlic paste (note: DO NOT touch that stuff with your bare fingers, you will be smelling it for hours even after washing them). If you want the recipe, look up eggplant curry on allrecipes.com and it should come up. I was really proud that it was edible because it was my first time to cook eggplant and also my first time to cook Indian (unless you count rajmah, which is basically like chili, just with Indian spices...that's some good stuff too).

Here's a picture of the final product.

Depending on how much you like Indian food, that may or may not look appetizing to you, but it was a pretty good lunch! Eggplant: conquered. Now that we have obtained chili-garlic sauce and oyster sauce, my next eggplant attempt will be our favorite local ground-pork-eggplant dish. Yay!